Saturday, April 7, 2012

SHEEP, SYMBOLIC REMINDERS

Probably no other animal on earth symbolizes so much to so many as does the docile sheep. This grazing flock is  a detail of a section of the arched passageway  under the 16th century astronomical clock, le Gros-Horloge, in Rouen. The entire scene is a depiction of the Good Shepherd.


Vocabulary
un mouton:  a sheep
l'agneau:  lamb (male)
l'agnelle:  lamb (female)
une brébis:  a female sheep
un bélier:  a ram
la laine:  wool

Expression
Doux comme un agneau:  gentle as a lamb



photos courtesy of Carol E. Cass
©2012 P.B. Lecron

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